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The New "Moderates": ISIS Fig Leaf for Other Extremists


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The New "Moderates": ISIS Fig Leaf for Other Extremists

by Samuel Westrop  •  October 3, 2014 at 5:00 am
The emergence of ultra-violent groups in the Middle East has allowed non-violent extremist groups in the West to claim an undeserved moral credibility. ISIS is the ideal fig-leaf. Even al-Qaeda, by comparison, now looks "moderate."
Many of those Muslim groups that condemned ISIS have a long history of promoting extremism themselves. It turns out, for example, that senior officials at Al Muntada Trust -- which recently published a statement condemning ISIS, signed by nine other Islamic organizations -- have worked closely with Nabil al-Awadi, a "key financier" of ISIS.
Senior officials at Al Muntada Trust, which recently condemned ISIS, have worked closely with Nabil al-Awadi (shown in photo), a "key financier" of ISIS.
The recent videotaped beheadings of Western hostages by ISIS have provided fundamentalists in the West with the opportunity to express shock and outrage at such barbarism -- and implicitly to claim their own Islamist narrative as good.
It is difficult to find an Islamic charity or lobby group in Britain that has not publicly voiced its disgust at ISIS. On the face of it, this is welcome news. After all, if Muslim community organizations were releasing statements in support of ISIS, Britain's prospects would look fragile indeed.
Many of those Muslim groups that have condemned ISIS, however, have a long history of promoting extremism themselves. It turns out, for example, that senior officials at Al Muntada Trust -- which recently published a statement condemning ISIS, signed by nine other Islamic organizations -- have worked closely with Nabil al-Awadi, a "key financier" of ISIS.

Palestinians: We Hate You, Even If You Support Us

by Khaled Abu Toameh  •  October 3, 2014 at 4:30 am
The two incidents once again prove that peace is impossible unless Palestinians stop inciting their people against Israel and Jews.
As the result of more than two decades of ongoing incitement, some Palestinians and Arabs can no longer distinguish between those who support them and those who stand against them.
Because of the indoctrination, a growing number of people in Arab and Islamic countries regard all Israelis as "settlers."
Pro-Palestinian and anti-Zionist Israeli journalist Amira Hass was thrown out of Bir Zeit University campus, near Ramallah, only because she is an Israeli Jew. (Image sources: Bir Zeit University, Wikimedia Commons)
Two incidents that took place at university campuses in the West Bank in the past few days serve as a reminder that some Palestinians have no problem attacking or threatening even those who support and try to help them.
It is not the first time that Palestinians are ungrateful to those who take pains to reach out to them.
Of course, there is no logic in targeting those who work hard to help you and your people. But who said that Palestinians, or anyone else, always act in according with their interests and in a rational way?
Over the past two decades, Palestinians, like most Arabs, have been subjected to a large-scale campaign of incitement against Israel and the US. This is a campaign that is being waged through the media, especially Arab and Islamic TV stations, the internet, mosques and the rhetoric of leaders and politicians.

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